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Historical Event on 9/20/1932

Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
7/12/1920Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
8/11/2000Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).